We will be presenting workshops and a concert in Joshua Tree with partners JTLab, Joshua Tree National Park, the Mohave land Trust at the end of April – thanks to the generous funding from Invoking the Pause
Poster here – Community Pause – Invoking the Pause and the Listen Project
Category: Workshop
Joshua Tree workshop schedule 2017-18
The Acoustic Ecology Lab’s Sabine Feisst and Garth Paine and running a series of workshops with Joshua Tree National Park through the JTLab initiative. Feel free to come and join in
- Hearing Joshua Tree National Park – Workshops
Sound gives life to our environment and heightens our experience of place. Sound artists Sabine Feisst and Garth Paine offer 2-hour workshops that draw attention to nature’s pristine voices and their relationship to the environment. The workshops will teach listening skills and include creative activities such as soundwalks, sound mapping, sonic meditations and sonic story telling. These workshops also serve as a basis for their Field Recording Workshops to be offered in December 2017 and February 2018.
October 28, 2017 6-8:00 AM location: Barker Dam
October 29, 2017 7:00-9:00 AM Cap Rock
Please wear: Soft and comfortable warm clothes,
Please bring: headlight, notebook and pen/pencil.
- Recording Sounds in Joshua Tree National Park – Workshop
Capitalizing on the power and beauty of sounds in the park, sound artists Garth Paine and Sabine Feisst offer 2-hour workshops that teach both listening skills and field recording techniques. These workshops include creative activities such as sonic meditations and sound mapping.
Saturday 16 December 2017, 4-6pm @ Barker Dam Car Park
Sunday 17 December 2017 , 7-9am @ Cap Rock Car Park
Saturday 17 February 2018 4-6pm @ Barker Dam Car Park
Sunday 18 February 2018 , 7-9am @ Cap Rock Car Park
Please wear: Soft and comfortable warm clothes
Please bring: headlight, notebook and pen/pencil and if available, smart phone with recording function or other portable recorder and headphones. Some recorders and headphones will be provided for use during the workshop
- Joshua Tree Sonic Placemaking Workshop
This workshop directed by Garth Paine and Sabine Feisst builds on the previous listening and field recording workshops. Listening skills, field recordings and sound stories are combined into a collaborative Joshua Tree Sound Map and a musical work exhibited and performed in the park (4 and 5 May 2018).
Site: Rattlesnake room or at Black Rock camp ground
Saturday 14 April 2018, 5-7pm
Sunday 15 April 2018, 7-9am
Please bring: Notebook and pen/pencil and if available, smart phones, tablets and laptops with sounds recorded in Joshua Tree National Park.
- Joshua Tree Sonic Placemaking Exhibit and Concert
4 May, 2018 – Indian Cove 7:30-9:30pm
5 May, 2018 – Harrison House in Joshua Tree (TBC)
Listen(n) Project selected for Joshua Tree Art Innovation Laboratory
The Acoustic Ecology Lab is pleased to announce that the Joshua Tree Art Innovation Laboratory selected in a competitive review its proposed Ecolisten Artist Program. In the coming year we work with the Laboratory to conduct a series of community listening and field recording workshops in Joshua Tree National Park. These workshops will generate several creative outcomes including crowd-sourced ambisonic field recordings, audio works and virtual reality experiences.
The Joshua Tree Art Innovation Laboratory “explores new roles that arts professionals and arts students can play in helping the National Park Service pursue its mission of preservation and engagement.”
The program is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts’ “Imagine your Parks” initiative honoring the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service.
Junior Citizen Science – virtual reality sojourns
The Acoustic Ecology Lab partnered with the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy to preset our virtual reality work as part of Junior Citizen Science Festival on March 10, 2017 outdoors at the Lost Dog Wash Trailhead.
The event attracted more than 300 students who engaged with a number of researchers around ecosystems and environmental awareness. Our Ecorift VR system helped share the experience of virtual reality sojourns into the national parks of the SW, USA.
They loved it!! and wanted to go there immediately!
Field Recording Tutorials
Today we released a number of field recording tutorials to support our citizen science volunteers who are making monthly recordings in national parks across the southwest USA
Field Recording Tutorial 1 from Eco Listen on Vimeo.
Field Recording Tutorial 2 from Eco Listen on Vimeo.
Field Recording Tutorial 3 from Eco Listen on Vimeo.